Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17
WASHINGTON.
The 0piniea nf the First Comptroller
on the agricultural; Experiment
Stgtsens Appropriations.
Suspicious Looking Men Make Frequent
Visits TO lhe Money Vaults of Ihs
Treasury Department.
THOSE EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS.

THOSE EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS.
WASHINGTON, March Is The Acting
Secretary of the Treasury has recently re-
ceived letters from the President ofRutgers
College and officers of other colleges in
volving the question as to whether Con-
gress in the act entitled "An act to estab-
lish agricultural experiment sta
tions in connection with colleges"
made an appropriation to carry it into ef-
feet. The question was referred to the
First Comptroller, and the latter has given
an opinion thst an appropriation, II made
at all, is provided for in section of the
act which reads as follows: "That for
the purpose of paying the necessary ex-
penses for conducting, investigations and
experiments and printing and distributing
the results as herein before prescribed,
the sum Of $500 per annum is hereby
! appropriated to each state to be specially
provided for by Congress in appropria
tious from year to year, and each terri
tory entitled under provisions of section
Is of this act, out of any money
in the treasury proceeding from the
sales Of public lands, to be paid
in equal quarterly payments on the first
day Of January, April, July and October
of each year to the treasurer or other Of
fcer duly appointed by the governing
boards of said college to receive
| the same, the first payment to
| be made on the first day of
October, 1887; provided, however, out of
the first annual appropriation SO received
| by any station, an amount NOT exceeLi ing
oDe-ftth may be expended for the en-
| largement or repair of building or build
| ings necessary for carrying on the work
OF such station, and thereafter an amount
not exceeding per cent. of the sum of
such annual appropriation may be SO eX
! pended"
| The Comptroller SAYS: "This act, If
possible, must be construed SO as to
make the whole harmonious and intelligi-
| ole. | suggested that if it was intended
! by the language above quoted 10 make an
appropriation, such an appropriation
ID permanent annual appropris-
ton. and the words to be
specially provided for by Congress in ap-
preparations from year to year, are super
| fluous. My opinion is that Congress only
intended by the expression, 'tne sum of
$4,000 per annum is hereby appropriated
| to each state TO fix the amount that
could be specially provided for
| by Congress in appropriations from year
! 1
does not make an appropriation, but that
the amount must be specially provided
| for by Congress-"
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.
WAsHIN TON, March I6 The Presi
dent this afternoon made the following
appointments: C. H. Fry5er of Kansas,
Minister Resident and Consul
General to Liberia; James
Hosner of New York, Secretary Of Lega-
ton in the Central American states and
Consul General of the United States to
Guatemala.
SNEAKs ABOUT THR TREASURY.
WARRINGTON, March ia number of
suspicious lor king men have lately been
making frequent visits to the money vault
of the Treasury Department during the
hours allowed forpublic insp ection. Such Eof
them as called to-day were notified that
they must not come again, and the off,
GERS in charge of the vaults have been in
structed to keep sharp lookout on visit
ors in the future.
THE NRw CRUISERS.
WASHINGTON, March l6.-CAief of
c.. Instruction Wilson to-day received
telegram from Naval Constructor
Steele at Chester, Pa, stating
that work is again progressing
on the Chicago. Naval officers are much
pleased with the opinion given by the
Attorney General that the cruisers can
be completed with the balance OF the
general preparation, provided the cSti-
mates OF the naval advisory board are net
exceeded Notwithstanding a number
OF inventions and appliances
not contemplated in the scheme OF the
advisory board have been placed on the
I ha S.R 10 10 tDoU
can be completed ct a cost within the es-
Inmates of the board 80 far as concerns
the work OF constructing and steam en-
gineeriDg. 1t is believed The total cost
of finishing the engineering work will be
S4S 900 less than the estimates. and in
case of the Boston and the Atlanta SIS, 900
and $4,000 respectively. These figures
include the cost of the new appliance
above referred to. The Boston aud New
York are being fitted with ice machines,
electric light and steam eVaporators and
will be ready for trial in few weeks,
! The Chicago is not Gs far advanced
towards completion as the other cruisers,
but her engines have been practically
finished, and only a small amount of con-
struCtion work remains TO be done. They
will be removed frem Chester to the New
York navy yard next week.
Owing to the good Results OBJ
tanned st her recent dock trial
the Engineering Bureau feel that the YES
sci is already an assured success. Par
ticular qualification is expressed at the
good performance of the new engines,
which are regarded es purely experiment
tai and q doubtful e1pedience. Con-
traTy to expectation, they ran very
smoothly and gave rise to very little vi
brasion. A little trouble was experienced
with the Atlanta and Boston in securing
au alright tireroom, cut in the case Of
! the Chicago a draft was easily procured,
and it IL believed she Will be much the
| fastest IF the new cruisers.
} CHANG ZEN HOOE.
/ WASHINGTON, March l6.-Chang Fen
! Hon, the Chinese Minister, sat fer some
photographs yesterday. He vas accom-
! psnisd by his Interpreter and two or three
! lady friends who we're snxiyus 10 see the
! operation. His servants carried up to
the photographers room two or three
trunks and several smaller csses in which
were ten or dozen changes of costumes.
Phe Minister was " done" in each
! OF these and IN as many different posi-
tj9-fa H. wore n silk r. n in the center